Card and Multi-row card visualizations are often positioned at the top and left sections of report pages given the importance of individual measures and small sets of measures. Although less graphically powerful and interactive than other visuals, cards are also the most common tiles pinned to Power BI dashboards and are also used frequently in phone layouts for mobile consumption. A common practice in report design is to start with a few high-level measures represented as card or KPI visuals and build additional chart and table visuals around these.

This recipe includes an example of a KPI visual as a more valuable alternative to a card visual and a multi-row card example. Additionally, a brief example of a gauge visualization is included in the There's more... section.